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Mesoamerican nephropathy: geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012 in Costa Rica.

Wesseling, Catharina ; van Wendel de Joode, Berna ; Crowe, Jennifer ; Rittner, Ralf LU orcid ; Sanati, Negin A ; Hogstedt, Christer and Jakobsson, Kristina LU (2015) In Occupational and Environmental Medicine 72(10). p.714-721
Abstract
Mesoamerican nephropathy is an epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) unrelated to traditional causes, mostly observed in sugarcane workers. We analysed CKD mortality in Costa Rica to explore when and where the epidemic emerged, sex and age patterns, and relationship with altitude, climate and sugarcane production.
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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10
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714 - 721
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BMJ Publishing Group
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1470-7926
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10.1136/oemed-2014-102799
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English
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